What a bar POS has to do that a restaurant one does not
Taps per pour, tabs that stay open for hours, transfers at shift change, and tips with legal consequences. The bar-specific things that decide it.
Insights
For the people running the floor.
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What a restaurant POS system costs, line by line
Four lines, and the monthly fee everyone compares is usually the smallest. Why processing dominates, with the arithmetic at $60k a month.
The cheapest restaurant POS is rarely the cheapest
Three ways the advertised price misleads, the one-year total that ranks vendors honestly, and where cheap genuinely costs more.
What a free restaurant POS actually costs
The software really is free; the processing is the product. The arithmetic that decides it, and why low card volume makes free the right answer.
Quick service POS: the only number that matters
Seconds per order. What makes entry fast, the counter-specific features, and why buying for reporting is the common mistake.
Handheld POS: where it pays and where it does not
The walk disappears and the kitchen starts sooner. Also the small rooms, weak wifi and complex menus where it makes service slower.
The five kinds of restaurant POS, and which you need
Rather than another affiliate ranking: how the category divides, which group fits which restaurant, and the four questions that actually differentiate.
Cloud POS does not mean it works without internet
Almost everything is cloud now, so it is a weak filter. The question that matters instead, and how to make a vendor prove the answer.
What a salon POS has to do that a general one does not
Every line attributes to the person who performed it. The five things to make a vendor demo, what it must track, and the cost line nobody compares.
Five questions that separate hair salon POS systems
Feature lists all look identical. These five do not, and you can answer all of them in a single demo — starting with a two-stylist ticket.
A spa POS has three problems a salon POS does not
Packages, memberships and rooms. What breaks in a standard salon system, what to test in a demo, and the deferred revenue number most spas cannot produce.
What a free salon POS actually costs
The software is free; the processing is the product. The arithmetic at $20k a month versus $6k, and the one feature free tiers usually withhold.